Listen how they say your name. If they can't say that right, there's no way they're going to know how to treat you proper, neither.

What writing does is to reveal.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.